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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Lambeth, London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Ahmednuggar, Bombay [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Arnol, Rossshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barcombe, Sussex [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bracknell [1]

Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brompton, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Claines, Worcestershire [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Cork [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Denmead, Hampshire [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Ebley, Gloucestershire [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Fishtoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Fowey, Cornwall [1]

Freshwater Isle of Wight [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gorleston [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [37]

Ordinary Seaman [25]

Boy 1st Class [22]

Boy 2nd Class [22]

Leading Seaman [16]

Wireman 2nd Class [13]

Petty Officer [11]

Armourer's Crew [9]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Acting Gunner [4]

Boy II [4]

Electrician 4th Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Acting Petty Officer [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Electrician 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [3]

Private [3]

Seaman [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Wireman 1st Class [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Electrician [2]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Boy I [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

EA5 [2]

Electrical Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Vernon [83]

HMS Victory I [15]

HMS Fearless [12]

HMS Impregnable [12]

HMS Agincourt [11]

H.M.S. "Vernon" [9]

HMS Ajax [9]

HMS Victory [8]

HMS Ganges [7]

Vernon [6]

HMS Dolphin [5]

HMS Erin [5]

HMS Excellent [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS "Vernon" [3]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Despatch [3]

HMS Eclipse [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Hecla [3]

HMS Nelson [3]

HMS Titania [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vernon [3]

Ganges [2]

H.M.S. "Vernon." [2]

H.M.S. Vernon [2]

HM Submarine E18 [2]

HMS Amethyst [2]

HMS Australia [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Blanche [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Centurion [2]

HMS Colombo [2]

HMS Cormorant [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington [2]

HMS Enterprise [2]

HMS Essex [2]

HMS Forte [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Northampton [2]

HMS Orion [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

Service

Royal Navy [122]

British Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [12]

H [12]

M [11]

W [11]

C [10]

S [10]

K [7]

L [7]

A [6]

D [5]

F [5]

G [4]

E [3]

O [3]

P [3]

R [3]

T [3]

Y [3]

J [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [96]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Argentina [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Lambeth, London [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Ahmednuggar, Bombay [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Arnol, Rossshire [1] Balham, London [1] Barcombe, Sussex [1] Battersea, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bracknell [1] Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brompton, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Claines, Worcestershire [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Cork [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Denmead, Hampshire [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] East Ham, London [1] Ebley, Gloucestershire [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Fishtoft, Lincolnshire [1] Fowey, Cornwall [1] Freshwater Isle of Wight [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gorleston [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [37] Ordinary Seaman [25] Boy 1st Class [22] Boy 2nd Class [22] Leading Seaman [16] Wireman 2nd Class [13] Petty Officer [11] Armourer's Crew [9] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy Telegraphist [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Telegraphist [5] Acting Gunner [4] Boy II [4] Electrician 4th Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Acting Petty Officer [3] Deck Hand [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Electrician 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Petty Officer 2nd Class [3] Private [3] Seaman [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Wireman 1st Class [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Acting Electrical Artificer [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Electrician [2] Acting Electrician 4th Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Boy I [2] Cook's Mate [2] EA5 [2] Electrical Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Vernon [83] HMS Victory I [15] HMS Fearless [12] HMS Impregnable [12] HMS Agincourt [11] H.M.S. "Vernon" [9] HMS Ajax [9] HMS Victory [8] HMS Ganges [7] Vernon [6] HMS Dolphin [5] HMS Erin [5] HMS Excellent [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS "Vernon" [3] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Despatch [3] HMS Eclipse [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Hecla [3] HMS Nelson [3] HMS Titania [3] HMS Victory II [3] HMS Vindictive [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vernon [3] Ganges [2] H.M.S. "Vernon." [2] H.M.S. Vernon [2] HM Submarine E18 [2] HMS Amethyst [2] HMS Australia [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Blanche [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Centurion [2] HMS Colombo [2] HMS Cormorant [2] HMS Duke of Wellington [2] HMS Enterprise [2] HMS Essex [2] HMS Forte [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Northampton [2] HMS Orion [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Powerful [2]

Service

Royal Navy [122] British Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [12] H [12] M [11] W [11] C [10] S [10] K [7] L [7] A [6] D [5] F [5] G [4] E [3] O [3] P [3] R [3] T [3] Y [3] J [2] I [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [96]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Argentina [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

William James Farenden

Born 1896

Died 1976

Royal Navy J18172

Royal Navy J 18172 Boy II Ganges

Royal Navy J 18172 Ordinary Seaman Victory

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Harry Lionel Godwin Rogers

Born 1887

Died 1920

Royal Navy 230176 Petty Officer HMS Vernon

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Martin Henry Gordon Taulbut

Born 1886

Died 1973

Royal Navy 228273

Royal Navy 228273 Able Seaman Iphigenia

Royal Navy 228273 Leading Seaman Vernon

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Herbert Edward Moore

Born 1898

Died 1975

Royal Navy M32726

Royal Navy M32726 Electrical Artificer 5 HMS Vernon

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George Stratford Condren

Born 1885

Died 1938

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Hercules

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Hercules

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Vernon

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Henry George Andrews

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy M12046 Armourer's Crew H.M.S. "Vernon"

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Ellis Roberts Redvers Sutcliffe

Born 1900

Died 1959

Royal Navy M32755 EA5 Pembroke

Royal Navy M32755 EA5 Vernon

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Thomas Hobbs

Born 1865

Died 1914

Royal Navy 114754 (RFR PO A1181) Chief Petty Officer HMS Vernon

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Arthur Seymour Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy M/14673 Writer 3rd H.M.S. "Vernon"

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Philip Henry White

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Vernon

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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John Joshua Young

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 2 c Boscawen

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 1c Boscawen

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 1 c Garnet

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Edwin Percy Young

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy J14247 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Vernon"

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Edward Marshall Bridson

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy J15998 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Vernon"

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Joseph William Brown

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy J19639

Royal Navy J/19639 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Vernon."

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Archibald Leonard Manley

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy M14731 Wireman 2nd Class H.M.S. "Vernon"

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Herbert Henry Edwards

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J21416

Royal Navy J21416 Able Seaman HMS Vernon

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David Coleman

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1193564 Able Seaman HMS Vernon RFR/Dev/B.3143

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Arthur Kyte

Born 1864

Died 1918

Royal Navy 112119

Royal Navy 112119 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Vernon

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James Setford

Born 1860

Died 1918

Royal Navy 117877 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Vernon

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George Edward Pitt

Born 1861

Died 1919

Royal Navy 119896 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Vernon

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